Burning car leads to intoxicated owner

FALMOUTH — Police took a man into protective custody after his car was found on fire and abandoned in the woods Wednesday night.

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Posted Mar. 21, 2014 at 2:00 AM

Posted Mar. 21, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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FALMOUTH — Police took a man into protective custody after his car was found on fire and abandoned in the woods Wednesday night.

At 11:36 p.m. police and fire crews went to the end of Woodland Road to investigate a white Volkswagen Jetta that had struck a parked car and then went into the woods. When the crews arrived the Jetta was on fire, but no one was inside or around it, Falmouth police Lt. Sean Doyle said.

Four hours later, at 3:30 a.m., the police spotted Todd Silcox, 38, of Falmouth, walking along East Falmouth Highway by the Davisville Road intersection, Doyle said.

The Jetta is registered to Silcox, who was allegedly intoxicated, Doyle said. The police took him into protective custody and continue to investigate the cause of the accident.